Maine bar prosecutor seeks disbarment for suspended lawyer, former DA candidate
Seth Carey's defense attorney argues that his client needs treatment for mental illness.
View ArticleBronx, NY, man arrested in NH on Augusta drug charges
George A. Walker is accused of trafficking drugs in central Maine.
View ArticleLewiston police tell mobile needle exchange program to halt distribution
The program, which its founder calls the Church of Safe Injection, is violating a state law that prohibits people from distributing hypodermic needles, police say.
View ArticleMidcoast teacher who won a $1 million education prize is sentenced for...
Nancie Atwell, who was honored in 2015 for her work at the school she founded in Edgecomb, said in court that a previously undiagnosed mental illness contributed to her compulsion to shoplift.
View ArticleHarpswell man charged with threatening man with a knife
Nathan Kane, 35, is arrested after the incident in a parking lot at the Topsham Fair Mall on Tuesday afternoon.
View ArticleMistrial declared in Augusta sexual assault case
The defendant, from Hancock County, remains free on bail.
View ArticlePalmyra man gets 18 months jail for sexual assault on a child
Darren J. Potter must register as a sex offender and verify his whereabouts with law enforcement for 25 years.
View ArticleOfficials seize drugs worth $3,000 in Newport arrests
MDEA and state police charged three people with trafficking heroin and crack cocaine during a traffic stop Saturday on Interstate 95.
View ArticleCity man charged with choking former girlfriend
Lance Wallace's bail was set at $25,000.
View ArticleNew York man sentenced for dealing drugs near Waterville youth rec center
Jermaine Blunt pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center.
View ArticleTwo men arrested in connection with crack cocaine, heroin sales in Corinth
Police, drug agents and sheriff's officials searched a Corinth home Wednesday, seizing drugs, guns and cash.
View ArticleSaco man charged with possession of a ‘military grade’ IED
According to court records, Michael Rickett tried to sell the device to an undercover agent.
View ArticleFormer Bath school bus driver indicted for allegedly taking explicit photos...
WEST BATH — A former Bath Bus Services driver who Bath police say posted inappropriate photos of students online was indicted Tuesday by a Sagadahoc County grand jury on two counts. 51-year-old Timothy...
View ArticleAttorney files motion for contempt against Maine DHHS commissioner
Sarah Branch says her mentally ill client's ordeal of having to spend nearly a month in jail before receiving court-ordered treatment is an example of a larger problem.
View ArticleBrunswick woman charged after 5-year-old injured in crash; teen accused of...
A rollover on Maquoit Road leaves a young passenger with head injuries and sparks a scuffle with police.
View ArticleState official won’t be held in contempt for keeping mentally ill man in jail
A judge says such incidents are cause for concern but the man at the center of the legal filing is now getting mental health treatment.
View ArticleKennebec County courts June 6-12, 2019
A roundup of cases closed June 6-12, 2019, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
View ArticleWoman, 78, gets 22 years for attempted murder of lawyer
A 78-year-old Louisiana woman has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for trying to kill her former attorney
View ArticlePolice: Officers attacked during fights at beer garden
Worcester police say several officers were attacked during a melee at a beer garden
View ArticleSanford woman accused of driving onto ball field indicted on manslaughter and...
Police say Carol Sharrow, 51, hit and killed a man when she drove onto the field during a youth baseball game at Goodall Park in June.
View ArticlePolice: Norridgewock man used baseball bat to beat another man
Police said Scott Allen Bailey, 49, broke windows and hit another man in the head with a baseball bat Sunday afternoon in Skowhegan.
View ArticleTwo Newport men sentenced for conspiracy to distribute heroin in central Maine
Kennebec County law enforcement agencies helped investigate the case, according to the U.S. Attorney.
View ArticleMan shot by officer is expected to live, Bangor police say
The man appeared to threaten police officers with a weapon when they responded to a report of a domestic disturbance.
View ArticleFranklin County jail administration laments staffing shortages
In a five-page letter, the assistant jail administrator pleads with county commissioners to hire more corrections officers.
View ArticleSaco man charged with gross sexual assault on a child under 14
Justin Berube, 22, faces two counts of the charge, which is punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.
View ArticleState changes dispatching software, causing stir for contracting towns
After the state's switch to the Spillman computer-aided dispatch program, the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office and the Gardiner Police Department face the decision of buying it or seeking dispatch...
View ArticleCumberland sheriff’s office seeks help finding Gray man wanted on stalking...
Authorities say 28-year-old Kenneth John Dubuc also has ties to the Scarborough area.
View ArticleCrime spree tracked from Vermont to three central Maine counties
Reports of high speed chases, car burglaries and auto thefts have been taken from Franklin, Somerset and Penobscot counties.
View Article2 arrested in drug raid at Belgrade residence
Tammy Peaslee and Joshua Martinez are being held in lieu of $25,000 cash bail each.
View ArticleHope man sentenced for stalking woman by putting tracking device on her car
Ian Robertson, 38, will serve 20 days in jail and a one-year probation for following the woman and their child after a four-year relationship ended.
View ArticleNew York man arrested in Newport charged with forgery, fraud
Mark Pignatello is involved in a multi-state crime ring that covers Maine and five other Northeastern states, according to the Newport police chief.
View ArticleFormer Jay man accused of killing girlfriend enters insanity plea
James Sweeney waives a jury trial and pleads not criminally responsible to a murder charge in the death of Wendy Douglass in July 2017.
View ArticleFormer Skowhegan Planning Board member pleads guilty to child porn charges
Christopher Kruse, 50, entered pleas in U.S. District Court in Bangor and faces a minimum of five years in prison.
View ArticleJudge: Maine AG erred in subpoena to newspaper for video interview of...
The attorney general's office had sought unedited video taken in September of a jailhouse interview with Andrea Balcer, who admits having murdering her parents in 2016 at their Winthrop home.
View ArticleFormer UNE student gets 45 days in jail for domestic violence assault
Nicholas Norton of Medway, Massachusetts, was convicted of the assault and criminal restraint of a fellow student in his dorm room.
View ArticleBronx man pleads guilty to drug charges in federal court
Andre Fields is already serving a sentence in state prison on drug charges.
View ArticlePolice say man stabbed teenage acquaintance at Scarborough soccer game
Police say Nicolas Blanchard, 20, of Scarborough was charged with aggravated assault after he stabbed a 15-year-old student over a $20 debt.
View ArticleMass. man to spend 10 years in prison for sexual abuse
Ross Adams, 52, of Martha's Vineyard, convicted in June of felony unlawful sexual contact of 7-year-old girl in Maine and Massachusetts.
View ArticleFarmington man pleads guilty after punching ex-girlfriend, hitting her with...
Ryan Cunningham was sentenced to serve nine months of a three-year prison sentence and three years of probation.
View ArticleLivermore Falls woman pleads guilty in incident in which she dragged...
Melissa Couture is scheduled to be sentenced later for the 2017 incident, which also involved a high-speed chase and possession of heroin.
View ArticlePolice: Gun-wielding Waterville man robbed another man in apartment
The victim at an Elm Street residence said he recognized the robber after pulling down his bandanna.
View ArticlePolice: Skowhegan woman tried to leave Augusta Walmart with $1,500 in stolen...
Ruth Higginbotham, 29, also faces a pending theft charge from Walmart in Skowhegan and has been convicted of thefts, violating condition of release and a drug charge.
View ArticleNorth Monmouth man sentenced in burglary and theft
Ronald Hinkley's image was captured on the homeowner's video camera.
View ArticleFarmington man pleads guilty in drug importation case
Christopher Tracy's apparent overdose June 5 led to claims that he had gone to New Hampshire twice, bought fentanyl there and brought it back to Maine.
View ArticleGorham teenager charged in fiery crash on Interstate 95
State police say Anthony Hodge, 19, was distracted by his phone when he rear-ended another vehicle in Hampden.
View ArticleStrong man accused of sexually assaulting girl
Police say Stephen Tripp possessed sexually explicit photos of girls on his cellphone, according to an affidavit filed in court in Farmington.
View ArticleNH man takes plea deal, admits to selling fentanyl, crack cocaine in Wilton
Davian Torres Rodriguez sentenced on Monday to 40 months on charges of unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs.
View ArticleAuburn man hospitalized after stabbing during domestic situation
Police arrest a teenager and charge him with elevated aggravated assault.
View ArticleAugusta police, bystanders wrangle chicken-at-large
Animal Control Officer Paul Frye said he has received a couple dozen chicken complaints since he started in August.
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